Milpitas: Driver dies in fiery collision on I-880

MILPITAS -- A driver died on Friday morning after a vehicle burst into flames on Interstate 880, the California Highway Patrol said.

The single-vehicle collision was reported on the southbound lanes just north of the Great Mall Parkway in Milpitas at 10:50 a.m., according to the CHP.

A gold Toyota Corolla was traveling at a high rate of speed when it collided with a rail on the right shoulder and caught fire, according to Officer DJ Sarabia. The impact was go great that the vehicle's engine was dislodged, Sarabia said.

Authorities had not identified the driver on Friday.

The CHP issued a Sig-alert and closed the connector ramp from eastbound Highway 237 to southbound I-880 for about two hours.